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No. 119 



SOURCES OF SPEAKERS AND TOPICS 

FOR 

PUBLIC LECTURES IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS 



CLARENCE ARTHUR PERRY 

RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION 




Published by the 
Division of Recreation 
Russell Sage Foundation 

I Madison Avenue, New York City 



Price, 5 cents 



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PREFATORY NOTE 

This pamphlet is a revision of a former one, entitled "Public 
Lectures in School Buildings" (No. 52). The original publica- 
tion was issued in August, 1910, and was composed of three parts: 
(i) a descriptive account of typical school lecture systems with 
suggestions as to their development, (2) an inventory of local lec- 
ture sources, and (3) a directory of those national organizations 
which use the lecture platform, together with lists of their re- 
spective topics. Parts i and 2 were subsequently incorporated 
in the volume "Wider Use of the School Plant" and thus became 
permanently accessible on library shelves. Part 3, however, being 
made up largely of names and addresses which were subject to 
frequent change, was omitted from the book, and when the supply 
of pamphlet No. 52 was exhausted this information became 
unavailable. This directory had proved so useful to the large 
number of local associations which organize public meetings and 
thus create public sentiment in favor of needed reforms that it 
was decided to revise it and bring it up to date. In its second 
edition, it is accompanied by the list of local lecture sources and 
an extract from the original Part i giving some general suggestions 
upon the organization of public forums in school buildings. 

In publishing this directory the Foundation assumes no re- 
sponsibility as to the merits of the organizations or their speakers. 
In its preparation we invited as large a list of associations devoted 
to social welfare as we could compile. All those which accepted 
our offer have been entered wjthout discrimination. . 

C. A. P. 

New York, May, igi2 






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Sources of Speakers and Topics * 

There are many welfare organizations f which either employ, 
or include in their membership, persons who may be secured to 
give addresses upon public questions. In this way associations 
find an opportunity to publish the results of their investigations, 
awaken public ^sentiment and propagate the ideas for which 
they stand. Through correspondence with these organizations 
speakers of national reputation can frequently be obtained at the 
cost of their traveling expenses only. 

The National Child Labor Committee frequently utilizes 
the public school platform to present various phases of its 
work. It has a staff of lecturers who regularly respond to in- 
vitations, without charge to affiliated organizations and for a 
reasonable honorarium in the case of outside societies. The 
School of Philanthropy of New York has an extension service, and 
arranges with members of its staff for single lectures or courses of 
lectures upon social, philanthropic and charitable topics. One 
important course it gives is upon "The Care of Children." The 
usual charge for this service is $20 and traveling expenses for 
each lecture. 

The United States Department of Agriculture also furnishes 
speakers on certain occasions. Concerning this work the Secre- 
tary of Agriculture has written: "The Department maintains 
in its Office of Experiment Stations an Agricultural Education 
Service in which the time of several specialists is devoted to the 
study of educational problems, particularly those concerned with 
the introduction of instruction in nature study, school gardening, 
and elementary agriculture into the public schools, and this 
service, as well as some of the other Bureaus of the Department, 
frequently furnishes speakers at large educational gatherings 
where leading educators are assembled and there is likely to be 
opportunity to exert a wide influence on educational policy." 

In most states there are certain institutions and organizations 

* Excerpt from Chapter VII, "Wider Use of the School Plant." Clarence 
Arthur Perry. Charities Publication Committee, New York, 
t See list on pages 6-25. 



from which speakers may be secured. Such are the experimental 
stations attached to the agricultural colleges, the state depart- 
ment of public instruction, the home economics department of 
the state university and the similar departments of agricultural 
colleges, and the various state conferences of charity. 

The success of an application for a lecturer depends largely 
upon the importance of the occasion and the opportunity it offers 
for promoting the interests of his organization. To invest the 
occasion with the proper "importance" the enterprising director 
will enlist the assistance of the local organization that is identified 
with the same cause as the speaker. If he is baiting his hook for a 
celebrated champion of the playground movement, he will get 
the local playground association to extend the invitation and 
afterwards induce the members to act as patrons of the meeting. 
The association will then help with the audience. The people 
will hear a distinguished speaker, the playground movement will 
be advanced, and the school lecture work will score a success. 

In applying to outside organizations for speakers it is im- 
portant to give full information in regard to the size and character 
of the audience expected, hours and dates preferred, general 
topics and type of lecture (technical, popular, or illustrated) de- 
sired and the maximum expense which may be incurred. When 
the lecturers are not paid a fee the chief reliance will have to be 
placed usually upon those people who have interesting subjects 
to talk about even though they are not finished speakers. In 
every community there is a large class of such persons from whom 
addresses, at once profitable and enjoyable, can be obtained with- 
out charge. The local historical society often has some member 
who can talk entertainingly on the early history of the community. 
Almost every town has a natural history society among the 
members of which there is some geologist who can describe, and 
frequently illustrate with lantern slides, the formations of the 
earth's crust in that locality. Social settlement workers may be 
found who will give addresses upon pertinent local social prob- 
lems. Often the public librarian will be glad to avail himself of 
the schoolhouse platform to tell the community about the re- 
sources of his library. Many medical associations contain public- 
spirited members upon whom the community can draw for in- 
structive addresses on such topics as the ways in which the city's 
health can be conserved. 

A list of organizations, or classes of persons from whom lee- 



tures can be frequently obtained without cost, together with sug- 
gestions as to topics and titles, will be found on page 26 under 
the title "Local Sources." 

Whether the lecturers are employed or give their services, 
whether they come from a distance or are selected from the com- 
munity, a school lecture system will fail of its highest usefulness 
unless it satisfies real needs and is conducted in such a way as to 
secure the people's earnest co-operation. On this subject Dr. 
Leipziger says : 

"Participation by the people in the work of the public lec- 
tures is desired, for thought and reading must be encouraged. It 
is not only our duty to provide instruction in art, literature and 
science alone, but it is in a larger sense our province to train the 
people in the knowledge of the very problems which they as voters 
are called upon to decide. It is our test that eventually, through 
the medium of the public lectures, each schoolhouse and lecture 
hall shall become a genuine people's forum." 

REFERENCES 

Adams, Herbert B.: Educational Extension in the United States. Report 
of the U. S. Commissioner of Education, 1 899-1900, Vol. i, pages 330-334. 
Clark, E. P. : The Free Lecture Movement. iVa/TO«, 74 : 363. 1902. 
Iles, G.: How a Great Free Lecture System Works. World's Work, 5 : 3327. 

1903. 
Leipziger, Henry M.: Free Lectures, Critic, 28:329. 1896. (History 
of the lecture movement.) 

Free Lectures to the People. Annual reports by the Supervisor of Lec- 
tures to the New York Board of Education. From 1889 to 19 11. 
See also Free Public Lectures, Report of the Committee on Evening Schools, 
School Document No. 13, 1903, Boston; Lecture Bureau, Boston Home and 
School Association, 405 Marlborough Street, Boston, Mass., 1909; annual lec- 
ture service list of the Twentieth Century Club, Boston; bulletin of the Public 
Lecture Bureau, Baltimore, Md.; annual reports of Home and School League, 
Philadelphia, Pa., and the Announcements of the Social Center Work conducted 
by the Board of Education, Cleveland, O. 



NATIONAL SOURCES 

The organizations listed on the following pages either have 
lecturers on their staffs or are in touch with persons whose inter- 
est in their work impels them to give it the support of an occa- 
sional public address. The name appended in each case is that 
of the officer to whom correspondence should be directed. 

The subjects set forth under each entry have in many in- 
stances been selected from a much longer list, and are thus to be 
regarded as indicative of the character and extent of the matters 
treated, rather than comprehensive. 

Usually only the address of the headquarters has been given, 
but many of the societies have branches in various states and a 
membership distributed throughout the country. In considering 
the expense of travel, therefore, it is not safe to gauge it by the 
distance of the city named. Correspondence may reveal the 
existence of a speaker connected with the organization who lives 
quite close to the place where the address is desired. 

Besides the associations named here there are in many states 
various institutions and philanthropic and educational bodies 
(see reference to these on pages 3-4) with which speakers are 
connected whose services are frequently available. 

In allowing their names to be inserted in this directory the 
organizations wish it understood that they have placed them- 
selves under no obligations. They have merely let it be an- 
nounced that applications for lecture service may be made to 
them and they will co-operate whenever it is possible to do so. 

In applying, full information should be given, as already sug- 
gested, concerning the size and character of the audience ex- 
pected, hours and dates preferred, general topics and type of 
lecture (technical, popular, or illustrated) desired and the maxi- 
mum expense which may be incurred. 



Organizations Which Use the Lecture 
Platform and Their Topics 

American Academy of Political and Social Science. J. P. Lich- 

tenberger, Secretary, West Philadelphia Post Office, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

Questions of a political, social or economic nature 

American Association for Labor Legislation. John B, Andrews, 
Secretary, Metropolitan Tower, New York City. 

Workmen's Compensation for Industrial Accidents 

Industrial Diseases 

Factory Inspection 

Unemployment 

The Seven Day Week 

American Association for Study and Prevention of Infant Mor- 
tality. Miss Gertrude B, Knipp, Secretary, 121 1 Cathedral 
St., Baltimore, Md. 
Birth Registration 

Extent, Causes and Means of Reducing Infant Mortality 
Possibilities of Infant Welfare Work 
All- Year-' Round Campaigns for Reduction of Infant 

Mortality 
What Your City or Town Can Do to Reduce Its In- 
fantile Death Rate 

American Association of Workers for the Blind. Charles F. F. 
Campbell, Secretary, 962 Franklin Ave., Columbus, O. 
Athletics for the Blind 
Handicrafts for the Blind 

Sir Francis Campbell, "The Blind American Knight" 
All other phases of work for or by the blind 

American Civic Association. Richard B. Watrous, Secretary, 
914 Union Trust Bldg., Washington, D. C. 
The Why and How of a Civic League 
The City Beautiful 
City and Town Planning 
The Board of Trade and Civic Improvement 
The House Fly versus City Beauty 

American Economic Association. T. N. Carver, Secretary, Cam- 
bridge, Mass. 

Subjects in the field of economics 
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American Federation for Sex Hygiene. Prince A. Morrow, 
M.D., President, 105 West 40th St., New York City. 

The Prevention of Vice and its Diseases through Pub- 
licity and Sex Hygiene 

American Federation of Arts, The. Leila Mechlin, Assistant 
Secretary, 1741 New York Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 
American Painting 
American Sculpture 
Civic Art 

Whistler's Etchings 
Furniture 

American Federation of Labor, Industrial Education Committee. 
John Mitchell, Chairman, 3 Claremont Ave., Mount Vernon, 
N. Y. 

Industrial Education 

The Philosophy, Purposes and Ideals of the Trade Union 
Movement 

American Home Economics Association. Benj. R. Andrews, 
Secretary, Teachers College, New York City. 
Household Management 
Institution Management 
Household Economics 
Standards of Living 
Household Arts in the Public Schools 

American Humane Association, The. Dr. Wm. O. Stillman, 
President, Albany, N. Y. 
Humane Education 
Concerning Work of Societies for the Prevention of 

Cruelty to Children 
Concerning Work of Societies for the Prevention of 

Cruelty to Animals 
Organizing New Humane Societies 
The Economic Value of Anti-cruelty Work 

American Humane Education Society, The. A. Judson Leach, 
State Organizer, 12 Pratt St., Reading, Mass. 
Education of the Heart 

History and Growth of the Humane Movement 
Object and Aims of the Massachusetts Society for the 

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 
Object and Aims of the American Humane Education 
Society 

American Institute of Social Service. Josiah Strong, President, 
80 Bible House, New York City. 

All subjects bearing on social interests, particularly as to 
Social Christianity 



The Social Work of Churches and Church Brotherhoods 

Social Centers 

A Course of Six Illustrated Lectures on Social Themes 

American Medical Association, Committee for Public Health 
Education Among Women. Gertrude Felker, M.D., Secre- 
tary, Dayton, Ohio. 

Food: Its Relation to Intellectual and Physical De- 
velopment 
Old Age and Its Postponement 
The Preservation of the Normal Child 
The Cause and Prevention of Colds, Bronchitis and 

Other Contagious Diseases 
Sex Hygiene 

American Peace Society. Benj. F. Trueblood, Secretary, 313 
Colorado Bldg., Washington, D. C. 

The Principles and History of the Peace Movement 
The Successful Application of Arbitration in the Settle- 
ment of Controversies between Nations 
The Hague Conferences and Their Results 
A Permanent International Court of Justice 
The Interest of the Masses in the Abolition of War 

American School Peace League. Mrs. Fannie Fern Andrews, 
Secretary, 405 Marlborough St., Boston, Mass. 
The History of the Peace Movement 
The American School Peace League 
The Teaching of Patriotism Through History 
Forces Making for International Peace 

American Society for Judicial Settlement of International Dis- 
putes. Theodore Marburg, Secretary, 14 West Mt. Vernon 
Place, Baltimore, Md. 

Questions relating to the establishment of a permanent 
international court of justice 

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, The. 

Alfred Wagstaff, President, 50 Madison Ave., New York 
City. 

Animals — ^Their Care and Humane Treatment 

The Work of the Society 

American Sociological Society. Scott E. W. Bedford, Secretary, 
University of Chicago, Chicago, 111. 

Any phase of sociology, theoretical or practical 

American Vigilance Association, The. Clifford G. Roe, Execu- 
tive Secretary, 156 Fifth Ave., New York City. 

The Suppression of the White Slave Traffic, National 
and International 



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The Advocacy of Wise Sex Instruction 

The Investigation of Conditions for Vice Commissions 

The Reduction of Social Vice to Its Lowest Terms 

Animal Rescue League, The. Mrs, Huntington Smith, Presi- 
dent, 51 Carver St., Boston, Mass. 

Thoughtful Consideration for the Lower Animals (Il- 
lustrated) 

Anti-Cigarette League of America. Mrs. Caroline F, Grow, 
Secretary, Room 11 19, Woman's Temple, Chicago, 111. 
The Cigarette and Its Poisons 
The White Slave Traffic 
The Boy Problem 

Big Brother Movement. Rufus D. S. Putney, General Secretary, 
Room 507, 200 Fifth Ave., New York City. 
The Big Brother Idea 
The Children's Court 
The Delinquent Child 
The Church and the Boy 
The Embryo Citizen 

Boston Home and School Association. Mrs. Fannie Fern An- 
drews, Secretary, 405 Marlborough St., Boston, Mass. 
The Relation of Parents to the School 
Parents and Vocational Suggestion 
Schools as Social Centers 

Bureau of Mtmicipal Research. William H. Allen, Director, 261 
Broadway, New York City. 

Health, Wealth, and Civics 

Educating the Public Through Budget Exhibits 

Training Public Servants 

Efificient Commission Government 

Physical Examination of School Children 

Bureau of Municipal Research of Philadelphia. Jesse D. Burks,. 
Director, 714 Real Estate Trust Bldg., Broad and Chestnut 
Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

The City as an Agency of Social Uplift 

The Citizen's Responsibility for Inefficiency and Waste 

in City Government 
The Causes of Failure in Municipal Government 
Effective Methods of Municipal Reform 

Central Howard Association. F. Emory Lyon, Superintendent,. 
415 Rand-McNally Bldg., Chicago, 111. 
The Hope of the Prisoner 
The Reformation of the Other Fellow 
The Real and the Ideal Prison System 



II 

Probation and the Public 

Crime and Criminals — Sin and Sinners 

Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy. Edward L. Burch- 
ard, Director of Social Publicity, 31 W. Lake St., Chicago, 

Social Movements 

Child Welfare 

Housing and Health Problems 

Public Charities 

Municipal Progress 

Child Conference for Research and Welfare. Henry S. Curtis 
Secretary, Olivet, Mich. ' 

Child Welfare and Child Welfare Movements 
The Playground Movement and Its Significance 
The Playground as a Social Factor in the Community 
The Message of the Play Movement to the Teacher 
The School as a Social Center 

Child Welfare League, The. Mrs. Walston Hill Brown, Presi- 
dent, 117 East 2ist St., New York City. 
Better Homes 
Better Schools 
Moral Education 
Eugenics 
Federal Child Labor Legislation 

Children's Aid Society. C. Loring Brace, Secretary, los East 
22nd St., New York City. 
Socializing the Schools 
How the Schools Can Reach the Poor 
School Dental Clinics 

The Emigration of City-bred Children to the Country 
Summer Charity Work 

Children's Aid Society of Pennsylvania. Edwin D. Solenberger, 
General Secretary, 419 South 15th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Care of Homeless and Neglected Children by the Board- 
ing-out Method 
The Coordination of Child-helping Agencies 
The Function of State and Municipal Governments in 
Child Care 

Church Association for the Advancement of the Interests of 
Labor. Margaret Schuyler Lawrance, Corresponding Secre- 
tary, 416 Lafayette St., New York City. 

Special features connected with labor and social ques- 
tions — Child Labor, Conciliation and Arbitration, 
Sweating and Tenement-house Problems, etc. 



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Cincinnati House of Refuge for Dependent and Delinquent Chil- 
dren. Edward N. Clopper, Superintendent, Cincinnati, O. 
The Prevention of Delinquency 
Placing Out versus The Institution 
Child Labor 
Vocational Guidance 
Industrial Education 

City Club of Chicago. George E. Hooker, Civic Secretary, 315 
Plymouth Court, Chicago, 111. 

The City Planning Movement 

Theory and Tendencies of Urban Transportation 

Public Recreation 

The Garden Cities of Europe 

Neglected Neighbors in a Great City 

Civic League of St. Louis, The. Roger N. Baldwin, Secretary, 
911 Locust St., St. Louis, Mo. 

The Physical Improvement of Cities 
Municipal Government 
Social Service and Recreation 
Health and Sanitation 

Civic Service House, The. Meyer Bloomfield, Supervisor, iio- 
112 Salem St., Boston, Mass. 

Civic Education of the New American 
Problems of an Immigrant Neighborhood 
Specializing Settlement Work 
The Making of a City 

Columbia University, Teachers College, Schools of Industrial 
and Household Arts. Benjamin R. Andrews, Secretary, 
Columbia University, New York City. 

Household and Institution Management 

Household Arts Education 

Industrial Education 

Nurses' Education 

Collegiate- Vocational Education 

Conference on the Education of Backward, Truant, Delinquent 
and Dependent Children. Elmer L. Coffeen, Secretary, Ly- 
man School for Boys, Westboro, Mass. 

The Juvenile Court 

The Delinquent Girl 

The Probation Question 

The Delinquent Boy 

Daily Vacation Bible School Association, Inc., The. Robert G. 
Boville, National Director, 40 Bible House, New York City. 
Churches and Community Service 
Colleges and Community Service 



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What Church and College Combined Can Do for Chil- 
dren during Summer Days 

Ten Years' Experience in Summer Social Ministry to 
Children of the Streets 

(Any of these topics can be illustrated) 

Daughters of the American Revolution, Western Reserve Chapter. 
Mrs. Edward L. Harris, 6801 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, O. 
School Buildings as Social Centers 
Patriotic Education 
Opportunity for Closer Relations between Home and 

School 
Popular Programs for School Patrons 

Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, The. 

Charles S. Macfarland, Acting Executive Secretary, 215 
Fourth Ave., New York City. 

Federating the Churches 

The Church and Modern Industry 

Rural Betterment 

A Plan of Interdenominational Social Work 

Spiritual Culture and Social Service 

Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, Commission 
on the Church and Social Service. Charles S. Macfarland, 
Secretary, 215 Fourth Ave., New York City. 

The Church's Appeal in Behalf of Labor 

One-Day-in-Seven for Industrial Workers 

Investigation of the Steel Industry 

Suggestions for Labor Sunday 

The Betterment of Wages 

Federated Boys' Clubs, Inc. George N. Putnam, Secretary, 35 
Congress St., Boston, Mass. 

History of the Boys' Club Movement (Illustrated) 
Theory and Method of Boys' Club Work 
The Practical Value of a Boys' Club in a Community 
The Boy Problem — Summer and Winter 
. The Call to Men 

General Federation of Women's Clubs. Mrs. Philip N. Moore, 
President, 3125 Lafayette Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 
Civics 
Education 

Household Economics 
Public Health 
Industrial and Social Conditions 



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George Junior Republic Association, The. Calvin Derrick, 
General Superintendent, Freeville, N. Y. 

Junior Republic Idea and Its Application 
How New Republics are Founded 
The Principles upon which Republics are Run 
The Principles of Democracy as Applied and Worked 
Out in the Junior Republic at Freeville 

Home and School League. Mrs. Edith W. Pierce, Executive 
Secretary, 112 South 13th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
A Talk on the Home and School Movement 
Home and School from Different Viewpoints and Their 
Relations 

Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society, The. Henry W. 
Thurston, Secretary and Superintendent, 601 Unity Bldg., 
Chicago, 111. 

The Juvenile Court Movement 

The Big Brother and Big Sister Movements 

Conservation of Our Human Resources 

Twentieth Century Chivalry 

The Care of Dependent Children in Family Homes 

Industrial Home for the Blind, The. Eben P. Morford, Super- 
intendent, 512-520 Gates Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
The Problems of the Blind 
The Life History of Ten-Fingers (Illustrated) 

International Children's School Farm League. Henry G. Par- 
sons, Secretary, 1133 Broadway, New York City. 
Children's School Gardens 
Special Gardens for Tuberculous Children 
Training Teachers for Children's Gardens 
The Children's Garden the Key to the Solution of Con- 
servation of National Resources 
Gardens for Crippled Children 

League of American Municipalities. John MacVicar, President, 
City Hall, Des Moines, la. 
Home Rule for Cities 

Commission Government for Municipalities 
Questions on Municipal Development 

Little Land League. Bolton Hall, Secretary, 29 Broadway, New 
York City. 

Intensive Cultivation < 

City Farming }, 

A Little Land and a Living " ft. 

Vacant Lot Gardens 
Land and Labor 



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Manhattan Single Taj Club. Joseph Dana Miller, General 

Secretary, 47 West 42nd St., New York City. 

The Single Tax— What It Is and What It Will Do 

The Fundamentals of Political Economy 

The Religion of Political Economy 

The Taxation of Land Values — The Natural Source of 

Government Expense and Public Improvements 
Land, Labor and Capital — Their Natural Relation to 

Each Other 

Maryland Peace Society, The. Edward C. Wilson, Secretary, 
1925 Park Ave., Baltimore, Md. 

Subjects relating to better international relations and 
the cause of Peace 

Massachusetts Anti-Cigaret League. Mrs. Elizabeth R. White, 
Secretary, 204 Equitable Bldg., Boston, Mass. 
The Evil Effects of Juvenile Smoking 

Massachusetts Association of Boards of Health, Comm.ittee on 
Sex Hygiene. Walter E. Kruesi, Secretary, 14 Front St., 
Schenectady, N. Y. 
Sex Hygiene 

Massachusetts Civic League. Edward T. Hartman, Secretary, 
3 Joy St., Boston, Mass. 
The Housing Problem 
The Playground Problem 
A Social Program 
Civic Improvement 
Social Legislation 

Massachusetts General Hospital, Social Service Department. 
Ida M. Cannon, Head Worker, Massachusetts General Hos- 
pital, Boston, Mass. 

Hospital Social Service 

Medical Society of the County of New York, The, Public Health 
Education Committee. Mary Sutton Macy, M.D., Secre- 
tary, 1 01 West 8oth St., New York City. 
Hygiene of Food and Diet 
Water Borne, Fly Borne and Mosquito Borne Diseases 

and Their Prevention 
Sex Hygiene and Its Relation to Eugenics 
The Care of the Brain and Nervous System 
The Care of the Body and the Prevention of Disease 

Municipal Art Society of Baltimore, The. Josias Pennington, 
Secretary, Baltimore, Md. 

Topics relating to Art, City Improvement, and kindred 
subjects 



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Mtinicipal School League of Cleveland. Mrs. W. S. Sapp, Cor- 
responding Secretary, 10,608 Wilbur Ave., Cleveland, O. 
School Houses as Social Centers 
Open-Air Schools 
Continuation Schools 
The Opportunity of an American City 

National American Woman Suffrage Association. Mary Ware 
Dennett, Corresponding Secretary, 505 Fifth Ave., New York 
City. 

The Care of Children and the Ballot 

National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuber- 
culosis. Livingston Farrand, M.D., Executive Secretary, 
105 East 22nd St., New York City. 
The Prevention of Tuberculosis 

National Association of Audubon Societies. T. Gilbert Pearson, 
Secretary, 1974 Broadway, New York City. 
The Economic Value of Birds 
The Relation of Birds to Agriculture and Forestry 
The Protection of Birds 
Bird Studies with the Camera 
National Bird Reservations 

National Child Labor Committee. Owen R. Lovejoy, General 

Secretary, 105 East 22nd St., New York City. 
Child Labor and Compulsory Education 
Physical Effects of Child Labor 
Legislative Remedies for Child Labor 
Economic Fallacy of Child Labor 
Child Labor and Vocational Direction 

National Child Labor Committee, For the Southern States. A. 
J. McKelway, Secretary, Bond Bldg., Washington, D. C. 
Child Labor in the South 
Legislative Remedies for Child Labor 

National Christian League for Promotion of Purity. Mrs. Eliza- 
beth B. Grannis, President, 5 East 12th St., New York City. 
Physiological and Hygienic Facts in Child Culture 
Responsibility of Fatherhood 
Parentage only for the Suitable — Sterilization for the 

Defective 
Every Child Its Individual Disciplinarian 
Marriage and Divorce 

National Civil Service Reform League. Elliot H. Goodwin, 

Secretary, 79 Wall St., New York City. 
Civil Service Reform 



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National Conference of Charities and Correction, The. Alex- 
ander Johnson, General Secretary, Angola, Ind. 

Thirty Years of Organized Charity in the United States 
Evolution of Scientific Charity 

Negative Eugenics— a Better Citizenship by the Elimi- 
nation of Defectives 
Our City Housekeeping 
Almshouse Construction and Management 

National Conservation Congress. Thomas R. Shipp, Executive 
Secretary, Indianapolis, Ind. 

The Conservation of Our Natural Resources: Forests, 
Waters, Lands, Minerals, Vital Resources 

National Consumers' League. Mrs. Florence Kelly, General 
Secretary, io6 East 19th St., New York City. 
Conservation of Young Wage Earners 
A Living Wage 

The Shopper's Conscience and Child Labor 
The Long Day of Working Women and Girls 
The Courts and the Sweating System 

National Education Association, Department of School Patrons. 
Mrs. O. Shepard Barnum, President, 1500 Figueroa St., Los 
Angeles, Cal. 

School Improvement Associations 
Marks of an Efficient School System 
How Can the Home and School Get into Closer Rela- 
tions 
Revenue for School Purposes 
Health Conditions of School Children 

National Federation of Remedial Loan Associations. Arthur H. 
Ham, 105 East 22nd St., New York City. 
Remedial Loan Associations 

National Housing Association. Lawrence Veiller, Secretary, 105 
East 22nd Street, New York City. 
Housing Reform 

National League for the Protection of the Family, The. Rev. 
Samuel W. Dike, Corresponding Secretary, Auburndale, 
Mass. 

The Problem of the Home 
Marriage and Divorce 
The Evils that Assail the Home 
The Home and the Child Problem 
The Home and the Church 



National League of Women Workers. Mrs. Henry OUesheimer, 

President, Hotel Savoy, New York City. 
Recreation among Working Girls 
Leisure and the Use of It 
Democratic Ideals in Philanthropy 
How to Develop Self-help in Work among Girls 

National Municipal League. Clinton Rogers Woodruff, Secre- 
tary, 703 North American Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Municipal and civic topics generally 

National Newsboys' Association. John E. Gunckel, President, 
Toledo, O. 

Twenty Years' Personal Experience with the Boy of the 

Street 
How to Handle a Bad Boy 
Newsboys, and What Can be Made of Them 
Only a Boy 

National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild. Miss Ellen Eddy Shaw, 
Secretary, 70 Fifth Ave., New York City. 

Lantern Slide Talks on Children's Gardens and Im- 
provement of Waste Places 
The Distribution of Flowers and Nature Material among 
City Institutions and Tenement Districts 

National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education. 

Charles A. Prosser, Secretary, 20 West 44th St., New York 
City. 

Legislation Studies and Investigations relating to Prac- 
tical Education 
Part-time or Continuation Schools 
Vocational and Pre-apprentice Training in the Public 

Schools 
School Instruction and Shopwork in the Production of a 

First-class Journeyman 
The Money Cost of Industrial Education 

National Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Mrs. Frances 
P. Parks, Secretary, The Willard, Rest Cottage, Evanston, 
111. 

Scientific Temperance Instruction 

Anti-Narcotics 

Physical Education 

Purity 

School Savings Banks 



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National Women's Trade Union League of America. Miss S. M. 
Franklin, Secretary, Room 901, 127 N. Dearborn St., 
Chicago, III. 

The Social Cost of the Industrial Conditions for Women 

Workers 
The Value of Trade Union Organization among Women 
Full Citizenship for Women 
The Value of the Shorter Work Day 
A Minimum Wage 

New York Anti-Saloon League. Rev. James Albert Patterson, 
D.D., Superintendent, no East 125th St., New York City. 
An American Solution of an American Problem 
The Economics of Drunkard Making 
The Modern Oracle — Public Opinion 
Doubts and Doubters 
Ideals: Their Place and Power in Life 

New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, 
The. Frederick Trevor Hill, Secretary, 105 East 22nd St., 
New York City. 

Fresh Air and Relief Work 

Public Baths 

Home Treatment of Tuberculosis 

Open-Air Treatment for Crippled Children 

Causes and Prevention of Destitution among Families 

New York Association for Labor Legislation. Paul Kennaday, 
Secretary, 206 Metropolitan Tower, New York City. 
Industrial Diseases 
Industrial Injuries 

Workmen's Compensation for Industrial Injuries 
Labor Legislation 

New York Charity Organization Society. W. Frank Persons, 

Superintendent, 105 East 22nd St., New York City. 
Care of Needy Families in Their Own Homes 
Employment for Handicapped Persons 
The Organization of Charity 
The Care of Homeless Persons 

New York Charity Organization Society, Department for the Im- 
provement of Social Conditions. Lawrence Veiller, Secre- 
tary, 105 East 22nd St., NeAV York City. 

Prevention of Tuberculosis 

Tenement-House Reform 

Reform of the Criminal Courts y 



20 

New York Congestion Committee, The. Benj. C. Marsh, Execu- 
tive Secretary, Room 506, 320 Broadway, New York City. 
Causes of Congestion of Population (Illustrated) 
The Prevention of Congestion of Population 
City Planning in American and Foreign Cities (Illus- 
trated) 
Immigration and Congestion of Population 
The Distribution of Population 

New York County "Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Mrs, 
Helen J. Andruss, President, 156 Fifth Ave., New York City. 
The Effects of Alcohol and Narcotics 

New York Federation of Churches, The. Rev. Walter Laidlaw, 
Executive Secretary, 200 Fifth Ave., New York City. 

Sixteen Years of Church Federation in the New World's 

Largest City 
The Causes and Cure of Congestion in New York 
Seven Summers of Church Vacation Work and Play 

Schools 
The Evolution of Religious Liberty in New York 
The Church and the City Community 
(All lectures can be illustrated) 

New York Peace Society, The. Wm. H. Short, Executive Secre- 
tary, 507 Fifth Ave., New York City. 
The Modern Peace Movement 
The Waste and Wickedness of War 
Education and International Prejudice 
The Mission of the United States in Promoting World 

Peace 
Legal Substitutes for War 

New York Probation Association. Maude E. Miner, Secretary, 
38 West loth St., New York City. 
Protecting Our Girls 
The White Slave Traffic 
Probation Work for Girls 
Sex Hygiene 
The Social Evil 

New York School of Philanthropy. Samuel McCune Lindsay, 
Director, 105 East 22nd Street, New York City. 
Social Reform 
Child Labor 
Children's Problems 
Criminology and Penology 
Charity Organization 



21 

New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, The. 
Thomas D. Walsh, Superintendent, 297 Fourth Ave., New- 
York City. 

Our Scheme of Prevention 

Juvenile Probation or Parole 

DeHnquent Parents — Adult Responsibility 

The Rights of Children of the Stage 

Congestion and Delinquency 

North American Civic League for Immigrants. George W. 
Duncklee, Field Secretary, 173 State St., Boston, Mass. 
Immigration 
Primary Civics for Foreign-speaking People 

North Bennet Street Industrial School. Alvin E. Dodd, Direc- 
tor, 39 North Bennet St., Boston, Mass. 
Industrial Education 
Social Settlement Work 
Possible Modifications in the Elementary Public School 

Education 
The Working Girl's Relation to Industry 

Ohio Commission for the Blind. Charles F. F. Campbell, Execu- 
tive Secretary, 223 Fulton St., Columbus, O. 

Saving Sight and Saving Citizens (Illustrated by 100 

lantern slides) 
Needlessly Blind for Life 
Helping the Blind to Help Themselves 
The Education of the Young Blind 
The State and Its Sightless Citizens 

Ohio Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. Robert G. 
Paterson, Ph.D., Executive Secretary, 20 East Gay St., 
Columbus, O. 

General Aspects of Tuberculosis (Medical and Social) 
Open-Air Schools 
Nursing Work 

The Significance of Dr. Lightner Witmer's Clinical Psy- 
chology in Social Work 
Wage Legislation in the United States 

Pennsylvania Child Labor Association. Charles L. Chute, 
Executive Secretary, 1533 Real Estate Trust Bldg., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

Child Labor in Pennsylvania 

Industrial Education versus Child Labor 

Child Labor and Industrial Efficiency 

The History of Child Labor Reform 

The Future of the Child Labor Movement 



22 

Pennsylvania Society to Protect Children from Cruelty, The. 

Roy Smith Wallace, Secretary, 415 South 15th St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa, 

The Welfare of Children under Modern Conditions 

The Charitable Care of Children 

People's Institute, The. Lester F. Scott, Secretary, 50 Madison 
Ave., New York City. 

All phases of the Motion Picture subject, including their 
educational use; the growth of the Forum move- 
ment, and the general subject of "Working With 
the People" 

People's University Extension Society of New York, The. J. 

Eugene Whitney, Secretary, 105 East 17th St., New York. 
Prevention of Children's Diseases 
Fresh Air, Cleanliness, and Exercise 
First Aid in Common Accidents 

Prevention of Tuberculosis and Other Contagious Dis- 
eases 
Food and Cooking for Health and Economy 

Philadelphia Training School for Social "Work, The. Wm. O. 

Easton, Director, 1421 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

Questions affecting the welfare of the community or the 
individual 

Pittsburgh Playground Association, The. G. E. Johnson, Super- 
intendent, 709-713 Lyceum Bldg., Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, 
Pa. 

Play 

Plays and Games for Little Children 

Gardens and Nature Interests of Children 

Social Problems and Social Institutions 

Playground and Recreation Association of America. H. S. 

Braucher, Secretary, i Madison Ave., New York City. 
Playgrounds 
Recreation Centers 
Rural Recreation 
Commercial Recreation 
Play in Institutions 

Prison Association of New York. O. F. Lewis, Corresponding 

Secretary, 135 East 15th St., New York City. 
Prison Problems of To-Day 
The Man that is Down and Out 
Prisoners and Their Prevention 
Up from Poverty 
(All lectures illustrated) 



23 

Religious Education Association, The. Henry F. Cope, General 
Secretary, 332 South Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111. 
The Religious Aim in Education 
Moral Training in Schools 
Religious Education through the Colleges 
The Sunday School as an Educational Agency 

Russell Sage Foundation, Charity Organization Department. 
Miss Mary E. Richmond, Director, Room 613, 105 East 
22nd St., New York City. 

The Organization of Charity 

Russell Sage Foundation, Department of Child-Helping. Hast- 
ings H. Hart, Director, Room 616, 105 East 22nd St., New 
York City. 

The Child-Helping Movement 

The Juvenile Court as a Social Agency 

The Placing-Out System of Caring for Neglected and 

Delinquent Children 
The Defective Child 
How to Organize an Institution 

Russell Sage Foundation, Division of Remedial Loans. Arthur 
H. Ham, Director, 105 East 22nd St., New York City. 
The Small Loan Evil 
The Remedial Loan Movement 
Organization of Remedial Loan Associations 

St. Louis School of Social Economy. Thomas J. Riley, Director, 
1827 Locust St., St. Louis, Mo. 

Christian Citizenship and Modern Social Problems 

Industrial Accidents and Compensation for Them 

Eugenics 

Emancipation of Woman 

The Message of Environment 

Schenectady Department of Charities and Correction. Walter 
E. Kruesi, Commissioner, Schenectady, N. Y. 

Mothers' Milk — The Incomparable Infant Food 

Effects of Employment during Pregnancy 

Baby's "Summer Complaints" and their Remedy 

Care of Milk in the Home 

Charity from the Socialist Point of View 

School for Social Workers. Jeffrey R. Brackett, Director, Room 
20-21, 9 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass. (After August i, 
1912, the permanent school address will be 18 Somerset St., 
Boston, Mass.) 

Subjects connected with social work 



24 

Seybert Institution. Wm. B. Buck, Superintendent, 1506 Arch 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

The Relation of Investigation to the Care of Children 
The Adjustment of Home-Finding and Institution Care 
The Adjustment of School Work in an Institution to the 
Needs of Backward and Untrained Children 

Social Service Committee of the Inter-Church Federation. 

Rufus M. Jones, Chairman, Haverford, Pa. 

Subjects relating to the Church and Social Work 
Society for Organizing Charity. Porter R. Lee, General Secre- 
tary, 419 South 15th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Checking Waste in Charity 
Sentiment and System in Charity 

The Relation of the Individual Citizen to Social Prob- 
lems 
The Church and Social Work 

Society for the Suppression of Unnecessary Noise, The. Mrs. 
Isaac L. Rice, President, The Ansonia, 73rd St. and Broad- 
way, New York City. 

A Safe and Sane Fourth 
Unnecessary Noises 

Society of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis. Prince A. Morrow, 
M.D., President, 66 West 40th St., New York City. 

The Prophylaxis of Venereal Diseases through Publicity 
and Sex Instruction 

State Charities Aid Association. Homer Folks, Secretary, 105 
East 22nd St., New York City. 
Care of Dependent Children 
Placing Homeless Children in Family Homes 
Care and Treatment of Inebriates 
Care of the Insane and Prevention of Insanity 
City and State Charitable Institutions 

Twentieth Century Club, The. Edward H. Chandler, Secretary, 
3 Joy St., Boston, Mass. 

Civic, Educational and Social Topics 

Vocation Bureau, The. "The Director," Room 311-312, 6 
Beacon St., Boston, Mass. 

The Life-Work of our Boys and Girls 

Mis-Employment 

The Vocation Bureau Movement 

The New Demands on School and Employment 

Washington Society of the Fine Arts, The. Leila Mechlin, Secre- 
tary, 1741 New York Ave., Washington, D. C. 

All subjects pertaining to Art, Civic Improvement, etc. 



25 

Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York. 

Mrs. Ella A. Boole, President, Room 509, 156 Fifth Ave., 
New York City. 

Total Abstinence versus Moderation 

The Liquor Traffic an Economic Waste 

The Cigarette and the Boy 

Woman's Work in the Temperance Reform 

Alcohol and Science 

Woman's Municipal League, The. Mrs. A. S. Rose, Correspond- 
ing Secretary, 46 East 29th St., New York City. 

The Relation of Women to Municipal Housekeeping 

Women's Auxiliary to the Civil Service Reform Association of 
New York, The. Miss Jean Disbrow, Secretary, Llewellyn 
Park, West Orange, N. J. 

Civil Service Reform 

Government and Civics 

Women's Society for the Prevention of Crime, Educational 
Committee. Mary Sutton Macy, M.D., Chairman, loi 
West 80th St., New York City. 

Child Study: Problems of the Boy and Girl 

Sex and Its Relation to Society 

The Responsibility of Parenthood to Childhood and 

Childhood to Parenthood 
The Relation of Girlhood and Boyhood to Womanhood 

and Manhood 
Social Usages, Customs and Environment; Their Effects 
on Public Health and How We may Control Them 

Young Men's Christian Association of Philadelphia. Walter M. 
Wood, General Secretary, 1421 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Health and Recreation 
Moral and Religious Education 
Wise Use of Off-Duty Hours 
Supplemental Education 
The Boy Problem 

Yoimg Women's Christian Associations of the United States, 
National Board of. Miss Mabel Cratty, General Secretary, 
125 East 27th St., New York City. 

What the Y. W. C. A. can Contribute to the Physical 

Development of Girls 
How the Y. W. C. A. Prepares Girls to Earn their Living 
History and Present Scope of the Y. W. C. A. 
Relation of the Y. W. C. A. to Industry — Factories, 

Department Stores, Cotton Mill Villages 
The Conferences and Summer Camps of the Y. W. C. A. 
(Last two lectures have stereopticon illustrations) 



LOCAL SOURCES 

The following list sets forth the possible sources of lectures 
and lecturers which are to be found in the average American 
community. In the ranks of the professional men and among the 
officials of the societies and organizations named below should be 
many speakers whose services could be obtained whenever the 
public has need of them. Often speakers will gladly give their 
addresses free in behalf of public education. 

After each name follow one or more topics, most of which have 
actually been discussed upon lecture platforms in various places. 

NATIONAL OFFICIALS 
Member of Congress 

Prominent Men in the National Legislature 

Local Forecaster of "Weather Bureau 

Uncle Sam as a Weather Prophet 
The Story of the Air 
Effects of Weather on Mind and Body 
The Causes of Stormy Weather 

Recruiting Officer 

The Opportunity to Acquire a Trade in the Army 
The Educational Advantages of Army Life 

STATE OFFICIALS 

Justice of the Supreme Court 

Naturalization : Its Privileges and Obligations 

Habit Makes the Boy 

The Square Deal for the Child 

Senator 

How the Upper House Differs from the Lower House 
Federal, State, County and Municipal Government 

MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS 
Mayor 

The Making of a Citizen 
Why There are Politicians 
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27 

Bacteriologist 

Germs and Sickness 
La Grippe, Pneumonia, and Diphtheria 
Recent Progress in Warfare against Microbes 
Lockjaw, Malarial Fever, and Hydrophobia 

Chief of Police 

Preventing Crime Cheaper than Catching Criminals 

Engineer 

The Smoke Question 

Fire Department Chief 

How the Fire Insurance Rate Was Lowered 

Health Department Head 
City Milk 
Why Have Typhoid 

Park Commission Head 

How to Use a Park 

How to Plant and Care for Shade Trees 

Water Department Head 

Value of Pure Water to a Community 
Our Water Supply 

SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 

Superintendent 

How the Board of Education Spends Your Money 
The Cash Value of a High School Training 

Teacher of Chemistry 

Explosives 

The Chemistry of Fuels 

Teacher of Music 

Life Forces in Music 

"Carmen," illustrated by Piano Selections and Talking 
Machine 

Teacher of Physics 

The Latest Developments in Electricity 

Teacher of Zoology 

Insects and the Nation's Property 
Our Small Neighbors 
Our Friends of the Sea 



28 

Principal of Grammar School 

How the Parent and Teacher Can Co-operate 
How Children May Learn to Use Money 

School Physician 

Care of the Skin : Bathing and Clothing 
Health More Important than Education 
Common Physical Defects and How to Cure Them 
Medical Inspection of School Children 
What to Do in Accidents and Emergencies 

Grade Teacher 

What the Teacher May Expect from the Parent 
To Every Girl Her Chance 

COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS 
Astronomy 

Some of the Recent Developments in Astronomy 
Eclipses of the Sun 
Is Mars Inhabited 

Economics 

Trade Unions and the Labor Problem 
Morals and Competition 
The Industrial Corporation 

English Literature 

The Great English Novelists 
The Spirit of Tennyson 

Pedagogy 

Does a Child Need Discipline or Sympathy 

Character in the School Room 

The Fine Art of Making a Child Bad 

Political Science 

The Problem of the Ballot 
The Building of a Citizen 

Sociology 

Facts About Lynching 

What is the Labor Problem 

How the Other Half Lives in England 

MISCELLANEOUS 
Board of Trade Secretary 

Some Things that Every Citizen Ought to Know" About 
Our City 



29 

Business Man of Prominence 

The Boy in Business and Some Things He Ought to 
Know 

Camera Club 

Picturesque Points in Our City 

Chamber of Commerce Secretary 

The Industries of Our City 

Charity Organization Society 

How We Should Treat Beggars 

Clergyman 

Give the Boy Another Chance 

What is a Man Worth 

How Boys Become Men 

Morals and Peace 

Respect for Authority in the Home and School 

The Mistakes of a Father I Knew 

Daughters of the American Revolution 

The Spirit of Our National Holidays 

Miles Standish (a Reading) 

The Flag 

Independence Day Possibilities 

Dental Society 

How to Care for the Teeth 

Editor of Newspaper 

Publicity and Public Affairs 
The Making, of a Newspaper 

Electric Light and Power Company Engineer 

Some Common Applications of Electricity to Every- 
Day Life 

Elocutionist 

Readings 

Florist of Prominence 

Practical Suggestions for Home Gardening 
Gardening as a Prevention and Cure for Disease 



Foreign Society President 

The European Home of My Race 
Why We Left the Old Country 



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Good Government Club Secretary 

City Goyernment by Commission 
The Duty of a Citizen to the City 
Why We are Proud of Our City 

Historical Society 

A Study in the Early History of Our Country 
Yesterdays in Our City 

Hospital Staff 

Milk and the Child 

First Aid to the Injured 

The Care and Feeding of Babies 

How to Save Summer Babies 

Labor Uniomst 

Morals and Unions 
Landscape Architect 

Gardening in Relation to Civic Beauty 

The Economic Significance of Gardening 
Lawyer 

Why the Lawyer Cannot Lie 
Librarian 

How the Library can Benefit the Child 
Manufacturer of Prominence 

The Habit of Being on Time 

Why We Have a Time Register in Our Office 

Morals and the Factory 

Medical Association 

The Fight Against Tuberculosis 

The Prevention of Communicable Diseases 

Natural History Society 

Our Native Song Birds 
Fangs, Fins, and Stings 
An Evening in Birdland 

Oculist 

The Care of the Eyes 
Physician of Distinction 

Some Causes of Nervous Disorders 

How Tuberculosis Patients may be Helped at Home 

Playgroimd Association 

A Safe and Sane Fourth of July 
The Relation of Play to Citizenship 
Children's Idle Hours 
Illustrated Playground Talk 



31 

Savings Bank Cashier 

The Habit of Saving 

Savings Banks; What They Do for the People and How 
They Do It 

Social Settlement 

Child Labor 

The Problem of the Girl 

The Neighborhood : the Beginning of Patriotism 

The Coming People: Immigrants, Past and Present 

The Need of Wholesome Pleasures for Children 

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children 

When it is Proper to Remove the Child from Its Parents 

Standard Oil Employe 

The Origin and Development of the Petroleum Industry 

Y. M. C. A. Secretary 

Give the Boy Another Chance 

An All-' Round Man 

The Boy and His Vocation 

Y. W. C. A. Secretary 

Why Girls Should Have a Vocation 

Healthful, Practicable Vacations for Working Girls 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



020 773 446 

Wider Use of the School Plant 

BY CLARENCE ARTHUR PERRY 

Department of Child Hygiene, Russell Sage Foundation 

" It is full of definite ideas as to programme and schedules of expense 
involved." — The Psychological Clinic. 

" An able delineation of one effective means of social advance." — Annals 
of American Academy of Political and Social Science. 

Second Edition. Price, postpaid, $1.25 

CHARITIES PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 
105 East 2 2d Street - - . - New York City, N. Y. 



"Wider Use** Pamphlets by the Same Author 

(Published by Department of Child Hygiene, Russell Sage Foundation, 
400 Metropolitan Tower, New York City.) 

56. Vacation Schools. 

The summer use of the schoolhouse for teaching manual 
and domestic training. Brief bibliography. 32 pp. Illus- 
trated. Price, 5 cents. 

85. Evening Recreation Centers. 

A description of various recreation centers in this country 
and a brief survey of the movement in England. Short 
bibliography. 32 pp. Price, 5 cents. 

115. "Charlie's Reform." 

A leaflet describing a motion picture drama based upon 
the schoolhouse social center. Its plot, pictures of actual 
social centers, and method of getting the film are given. 
(No charge.) 

120. Social Center Features in New Elementary School 

Architecture. 

An illustrated pamphlet which gives the plans of 16 

socialized schoolhouses designed for wider use — the most 

advanced types of American schoolhouse construction. 

48 pp. Price, 25 cents. 

83. The Community-Used School. 

Use of the schoolhouse to promote public health, civic 
efficiency, and social solidarity in the community. 9 pp. 
Price, 5 cents. 

A general description of the Department's pamphlets and activities can 
be obtained upon request, also a List of Lantern Slides for Loaning, 
and a bulletin upon How Motion Picture Films May be Obtained. 



